Leaving Dawson is a foggy, strange feeling. You’ve been sleeping in a bed, ordering food off a menu at restaurants, letting your handlers take care of your dogs, and now it’s time to head over to the campground and pack up for…550 MORE MILES??? Really?

Due to the varying thickness of the ice in downtown Fairbanks, the Finish Line for the Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Sled Dog Race is moving off the river and onto the yard behind the Big I Pub & Lounge next to the river.